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Not just boycotts: Why it’s hard to bring singers to Israel

Not just boycotts: Why it’s hard to bring singers to Israel

Cancellations of concerts due to security concerns are practically a routine matter, but it turns out there are other obstacles to international artists and bands… Read More ›

Scandinavian airline ending service to Tel Aviv due to ‘political instability’

Scandinavian airline ending service to Tel Aviv due to ‘political instability’

In Hebrew press release, SAS, which currently runs 4 weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Copenhagen, cites increasing costs and competition as reasons for the… Read More ›

Edelstein, Sharansky call to preserve memory of ‘heroic’ Soviet aliya

Edelstein, Sharansky call to preserve memory of ‘heroic’ Soviet aliya

Knesset hosts special event to mark 25 years since ‘the opening of the gates’ to refuseniks.   It is sad that the youth of today know… Read More ›

Mistaken killing jars African migrants, NGOs

Mistaken killing jars African migrants, NGOs

“I’m very afraid now. I don’t know what people could do. They could kill me and then say it was a mistake,” says Eritrean asylum… Read More ›

Zahar: Palestinians should use firearms in fight against Israel

Zahar: Palestinians should use firearms in fight against Israel

Hamas official encourages armed fight against Israel in current “intifada.”   Mahmoud Zahar,  a senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, on Monday voiced support… Read More ›

Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher: Jews will worship the Devil and then be exterminated by Muslims

Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher: Jews will worship the Devil and then be exterminated by Muslims

 

Analysis: Neither Israeli nor Palestinian leadership has an exit strategy

Analysis: Neither Israeli nor Palestinian leadership has an exit strategy

Both Israeli and Palestinian leaders are captive to their respective narratives and trapped by political forces that won’t allow them to break the impasse.  … Read More ›

The problem with being gay in South Korea

The problem with being gay in South Korea

Seoul, South Korea – Micky Kim remembers the day two years ago when he married Tony Ruse in California. “All the people from City Hall suddenly… Read More ›

Thousands displaced as Typhoon Koppu pummels northern Philippines

Thousands displaced as Typhoon Koppu pummels northern Philippines

  A woman and a teenage boy were killed in the Philippines on Sunday as Typhoon Koppu began its multiday battering of the region. The… Read More ›

Top al Qaeda leader Sanafi al-Nasr killed in U.S. airstrike, Pentagon says

Top al Qaeda leader Sanafi al-Nasr killed in U.S. airstrike, Pentagon says

The leader of an al Qaeda-linked group allegedly bent on attacking the West has been killed in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria,… Read More ›

A US state just became the world’s greatest renewable-energy market

A US state just became the world’s greatest renewable-energy market

  Renewable-energy developers, take note. There’s a new spot on earth leading the way for projects in solar, wind, and other sources of green power.… Read More ›

The pillars of American finance are under attack

The pillars of American finance are under attack

  Wall Street has a cybersecurity problem. Hackers have gone after banks, brokerages, news wires, and now it looks like they may have gone after business… Read More ›

CHINESE GDP BEATS AT 6.9%

CHINESE GDP BEATS AT 6.9%

  Chinese Q3 GDP has just been released, and it’s beaten expectations. In annualised terms the economy grew by 6.9%, ahead of expectations for growth… Read More ›

The new kind of notification that you never want to see on your Facebook

The new kind of notification that you never want to see on your Facebook

  Facebook just launched a new kind of notification that will warn users if it suspects their account has been targeted by an attacker working… Read More ›

New York, NY – Rat Race: With Complaints On Rise, NYC Redoubles Efforts

New York, NY – Rat Race: With Complaints On Rise, NYC Redoubles Efforts

  New York, NY – To many in New York City, the rats are winning. The city’s complaint hotline is on pace for a record… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Man Vandalizes Facebook Building To Protest Incitement, Jew Hatred On Social Network

Tel Aviv – Man Vandalizes Facebook Building To Protest Incitement, Jew Hatred On Social Network

Tel Aviv – A man vandalized the headquarters of Facebook in the city as part of what he described as a protest against the social… Read More ›

New York – Petitioners to NBC: Fire Moheyldin for Biased Israeli Reporting

New York – Petitioners to NBC: Fire Moheyldin for Biased Israeli Reporting

New York – A petition calling for the ouster of an MSNBC news reporter for allegedly providing biased coverage of events in Israel has exceeded… Read More ›

Terrorist opens fire at Beersheba bus station, kills one, wounds 11

Terrorist opens fire at Beersheba bus station, kills one, wounds 11

Soldier killed by attacker, who then steals his weapon; Eritrean man shot by responding security guard in case of mistaken identity; assailant killed   An… Read More ›

Soldier killed in terror attack identified as Omri Levi, 19

Soldier killed in terror attack identified as Omri Levi, 19

Eritrean migrant mistaken for Beersheba terrorist dies of wounds after being shot in the head, beaten by bystanders   The soldier killed Sunday evening in… Read More ›

Congressman’s novel based on DC’s truth is much stranger than fiction

Congressman’s novel based on DC’s truth is much stranger than fiction

A book only a Beltway insider could write, in the satirical ‘The Global War on Morris,’ Steve Israel uses verbatim dialogue from post-9/11 high-level political… Read More ›